Amos 6:1-7
English Standard Version
Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
2 Pass over to (E)Calneh, and see,
and from there go to (F)Hamath the great;
then go down to (G)Gath of the Philistines.
(H)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory,
3 (I)O you who put far away the day of disaster
(J)and bring near the seat of violence?
4 “Woe to those (K)who lie on (L)beds of ivory
(M)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
(N)and calves from the midst of the stall,
5 (O)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (P)invent for themselves instruments of music,
6 (Q)who drink wine in bowls
and (R)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 (S)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”
Amos 5:21-24
English Standard Version
21 (A)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (B)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (C)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 2:9-11
English Standard Version
9 “Yet (A)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
(B)whose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
(C)I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.
10 (D)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
(E)and led you forty years in the wilderness,
(F)to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for (G)Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.
Amos 9:9-15
English Standard Version
9 “For behold, I will command,
(A)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, (B)‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’
The Restoration of Israel
11 “In that day (C)I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 (D)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and (E)all the nations who are called by my name,”[a]
declares the Lord who does this.
13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
(F)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
(G)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (H)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and (I)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(J)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (K)I will plant them on their land,
(L)and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land (M)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Footnotes
- Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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